History, Debate and Theory

Are Bad Jobs Inevitable? Trends, Determinants and Responses to Job Quality in the Twenty-First Century

Review of Literature for the Technology & the Future of Work Project

This annotated bibliography was prepared as part of the Technology & the Future of Work Project led by WIEGO and Practical Action.

Informality, Housing and Work: The View from Indian Cities

This document will focus on answering a specific set of questions concerning linking informality, housing and work.

Street Vending in African Cities: A Synthesis of Empirical Findings from Kenya, Cote D’Ivoire, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Uganda and South Africa

Background Paper for the World Bank’s 2005 World Development Report

Globalization and Economic Reform as Seen From the Ground: SEWA’s Experience in India

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The Business Environment and the Informal Economy: Creating Conditions for Poverty Reduction

Draft Paper for Committee of Donor Agencies for Small Enterprise Development Conference on “Reforming the Business Environment” November...

The Global City: Strategic Site/ New Frontier

Formal-Informal Economy Linkages and Unemployment in South Africa

Middle-class activism and the politics of the informal working class – A perspective on class relations and civil society in Indian cities

Abstract: This article compares political activism amongst members of the middle class and the informal working class in three Indian cities,...

The Informal Economy